Automatic mobile radiotelephone networks

ABSTRACT

A switching scheme is provided for a telephone exchange having an attached switching section for serving mobile sets. Subscriber-line circuits are provided in the said section, each allotted to a mobile subscriber. A &#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;Y&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39; switching group in said section is equipped with twin cross-points, one branch of the &#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;Y&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39; leading to the radio circuits, the other to the mobilesuscriber circuits through a terminal switching group. The mobile-subscriber circuits are tested as to the class of service, busy condition etc., before a through-connection is established between a calling line in the exchange and a radio channel to reach the called mobile, or vice versa.

United States Patent Inventor Andre Jean Henquet Boulogne, Seine, France Appl. No. 718,577 Filed Apr. 3, 1968 Patented Dec. 7, 1971 Assignee International Standard Electric Corporation New York, N.Y. Priority Apr. 12, 1967 France 102 503 AUTOMATIC MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE NETWORKS 1 Claim, 22 Drawing Figs.

Int. Cl 1-104m 3/06, HO4q 7/04 Field 01 Search 179/41 A; 325/55, 57

TERMINAL SECTION Primary Examiner-Kathleen H. Claffy Assistant ExaminerThomas L. Kundert Attorneys-C. Cornell Remsen, Jr., Rayson P. Morris, Percy P. Lantzy, J. Warren Whitesel and Delbert P. Warner ABSTRACT: A switching scheme is provided for a telephone exchange having an attached switching section for serving mobile sets. Subscriber-line circuits are provided in the said section, each allotted to a mobile subscriber. A Y switching group in said section is equipped with twin cross-points, one branch of the Y" leading to the radio circuits, the other to the mobile-suscriber circuits through a terminal switching group. The mobile-subscriber circuits are tested as to the class of service, busy condition etc., before a through-connection is established between a calling line in the exchange and a radio channel to reach the called mobile, or vice versa.

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1. A radiotelephone system employing multiple radio channels for establishing radiotelephone connections, comprising: means responsive to a call on a line for seizing a register at an exchange, said register including means for testing a primary section assigned to the radio channels in order to verify that the said primary section is available, a marker assigned to the radio channels, said primary section including means for testing the marker assigned to the radio channels in order to verify that it is also available, a service radio channel circuit, means connecting the marker to the service radio channel circuit, means transmitting a signal incorporating a coded indication of a mobile subscriber concerned in a call to the marker, the marker including means for verifying the code of the indication and testing for the existence of a line circuit corresponding to the mobile subscriber considered, the marker relying on the result of the test to transmit or not transmit by the service radio channel to a plurality of mobile subscriber stations, means in each of said stations to compare the received indication with the indication belonging to the corresponding mobile subscriber, means in the station which recognizes its indication for sending an ''''acknowledgment of receipt'''' signal which causes seizure of the marker to be confirmed and seizure of the service radio channel circuit to be confirmed, means transmitting this confirmation to the register and triggering off the setting into place of switching elements giving access to the said radio channel circuit and thus giving access to the line circuit of the called mobile subscriber, means in the exchange for sending a ringing signal towards the station of the called subscriber, and means for establishing a connection between the line involved in the call and the termination of the service radio channel circuit. 